Attributed to Antonio Molinari Venice 1655-1704
Lot 219 Property from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Clifford Ambrose Truesdell

Attributed to Antonio Molinari Venice 1655-1704

Cleopatra dissolving her pearl earring

Closed28 January 2009

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Attributed to Antonio Molinari Venice 1655-1704
Cleopatra dissolving her pearl earring
oil on canvas, a fragment
24 x 19 in. 61 x 48.3 cm.
TRUESDELL COLLECTION

Specialist note

In a letter to the owner dated 28 May 1985, Prof. Richard C. Green attributed the painting to Molinari, and suggests that a preparatory drawing for the complete composition is in the Künstmuseum, Düsseldorf (see R. Green, 'Molinari Drawings in Düsseldorf', Master Drawings 22, No. 2, Winter 1984, no. 27).